Table of Contents: Preface
Expert Commentaries
Dilated Cardiomyopathy;pp. 1-5
(Agostino Pugliese, Tiziana Beltramo, Univ. Of Turin, Italy, Donato Torre, General Hospital, Cittiglio(Varese)Italy)
HIV Infection and Cardiac Involvement;pp. 7-10
(Agostino Pugliese, Tiziana Beltramo, Univ. Of Turin,Italy,Donato Torre, General Hospital, Cittiglio(varese), Italy)
The Role of Caspase-cleaved Cytokeratin-18 in the Development of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy;pp. 11-20
(K. Hoetzenecker,S.Hacker, M. Lichtenauer, B. Moser, H.J. Ankersmit, Medical Univ. of Vienna, Austria, W. Hoetzenecker, Medical Univ. of Tubingen, Germany,)
Short Communications
Standard ECG in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia-Cardiomyopathy: QRS Fragmentation;pp. 21-26
(S. Peters, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany)
False Tendon Induced Subaortic Hypertrophy- A New Variant of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?;pp. 27-34
(James Ker, Univ. of Pretoria, South Africa)
Diagnostic and Prognostic Cardiac Imaging in Cardiomyopathies;pp. 35-43
(Shinro Matsuo, Kenichi Nakajima, Nasima Akhter, Koichi Okuda, Seigo Kinuya, Kanazawa University Hospital, Japan)
Genetic Study To Hypertrophic Cardiomymoathy: A Bridge Between Forensic Pathologist And Clinicians;pp. 45-56
(Jose Blanco Pampin, Inst. of Legal Medicine Of Galicia, Spain)
Cardioplegic Protection Against Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rat Heart: Mechano-Energetic Roles of Mitochondrial KATP And mNCX;pp. 57-65
(Maria Ines Ragone and Alicia E. Consolini, Univ. Nacional de La Plata(UNLP), Argentina)
Research and Review Studies
Cardiomyopathies and Sudden Cardiac Death;pp. 67-128
(Theodoros Xanthos, Konstantinos Stroumpoulis, Konstantinos Ekmektzoglou, Lila Papadimitriou, University of Athens, Greece)
Chagasic Cardiomyopathy: New Trends for an old Burden;pp. 129-179
(Milei J, Guerri Guttenberg RA, Azzato F, Storino R, Inst. De Investigaciones Cardiologicas, Aires,Argentina)
The Obesity Related Cardiomyopathy;pp. 181-215
(Wayne Smith, Eugene F. Du Toit, Univ. Of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, Cape Toen,South Africa)
Treatment of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. A Systematic Review;pp. 217-250
(Llamas Esperon Guillermo, Munoz Sandoval Rocio, Ruiz Esparza Maria E., Fuantos-Delgado Luz,Sandoval Navarrete Santiago, Hospital Cardiologica Aguascalientes, Mexico)
Clozapine-Associated Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathy - It's the Heart that is Important, Not the Classification;pp. 251-283
(Steven Joseph Haas, Frank Thien and Andrew M. Tonkin, et al., Alfred Hospital, Australia, et al.)
Non-Transplant Surgical Options for Cardiomyopathy;pp. 285-328
(Andrew E. Newcomb, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Silvana F. Marasco, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and Nikunj Powar, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia)
Surgical Treatment for Cardiomyopathy and Associated Functional Mitral Regurgitation;pp. 329-376
(Tetsuya Ueno and Ryuzo Sakata, Kagoshima Univ., Japan)
Assessment of Cardiac Surgery Patients: The Coupling Between Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Arterial Waveform Analysis;pp. 377-409
(Sabino Scolletta, Federico Franchi, Pierpaolo Giomarelli, and Bonizella Biagioli, University of Siena, Italy)
Targeting TNF Alpha in Heart Disease: Opportunities and Challenges;pp. 411-434
(Zamaneh Kassiri and Gavin Y. Oudit, University of Alberta, Canada)
The Takotsubo Syndrome(TTS): Novel Insights Into A Transient Cardiomyopathy;pp. 435-455
(Mark Rosenberg, Dirk Lossnitzer, Hugo A. Katus, Norbert Frey, Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany)
New Radiotracers for the Molecular Imaging of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques;pp. 457-475
(Laurent M. Riou, Alexis Broisat, Julien Dimastromatteo, Daniel Fagret, Catherine Ghezzi, Faculte De Medecine De Grenoble, La Tronche, France)
The Expression of Matrixmetalloproteinases (MMPs) and Their Tissue Specific Inhibitors (TIMPs) in Idiopathic Canine Dilative Cardiomyopathy- Immunohistochemistry and mRNA Analyses;pp. 477-495
(Heike Aupperle, Universität Leipzig, Germany, Imke Marz, Universität Leipzig, Germany, Andreas Schubert, Fraunhofer Institute, Leipzig, Germany, Gregor Dinges, Universität Leipzig, Jens Thielebein, Martin-Luther-Universitat, Germany, and H.-A. Schoon, Institut für Veterinär-Pathologie, Germany)
Pediatric Cardiomyopathy: Incidence, Etiology And Outcome;pp. 497-507
(Daniel De Wolf, Ghent Univ., Belgium)
Non-Compaction of Left Ventricle;pp. 509-522
(Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, Vincent L. Sorrell, Univ. of Arizona College of Medicine, Scott E. Klewer, Univ. of Arizona, USA)
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF): Pathology and Directions for Therapy;pp. 523-538
( Michael Gavin, Bruce T. Liang and W. David Hager, University of Connecticut Health Center USA)
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